Chapter 529

{Using this method to divert my attention... Well, it's really bad, you are shameless... But thank you, Gao Jun...}

The voice transmitted through the mental link was very soft, so soft that Gao Hai could hardly hear what Kaguya was saying.

Then, the girl who finally mustered up the courage raised her head, stretched out her hands, and gently wrapped her arms around Gao Hai's neck.

She slowly put her head close to Gao Hai's ear, her lips almost touching Gao Hai's ear, so that her breath passed over Gao Hai's hair, bringing a bit of tingling.

"... I like you."

The voice that fell into her ears was soft like a dream.

The girl, who had exhausted all her courage for this, then broke free from Gao Hai's arms, covered her chest and panted continuously, and finally ran away without looking back.

For Kaguya, this action probably exhausted all her strength, and it was also the most honest attitude she could do now.

Is this the feeling of being entrusted with sincerity by others? It's really hard to describe it in words. I think I will never forget what happened today.

Gao Hai recalled the words that the girl said just now, and felt the body temperature of the other party that had not yet dissipated. For a moment, his mind was slightly dazed, and he had an indescribable feeling.

The emotional conditions for establishing a spiritual connection should have been met.

Although whether it is met can only be known when the new round is ready to start, Gao Hai just feels that the conditions between him and Kaguya have indeed been met.

After all, he can feel that there is another link that can produce an effect without starting a new round, and a new line has been successfully added at this time.

[Andres's Blessing]

This perception transmission blessing given to Gao Hai and his lover originally linked the blessings of Zhenfei, Qianhua and Jianzi, and now the fourth link has been successfully established. From this moment on, Gao Hai and Kaguya can be teleported to each other's location through this blessing.

In the end, Kaguya only needs to take the initiative to say that she likes me to meet the conditions of the blessing?

However, for a girl like Kaguya, it might be a great thing to let her take the initiative to express her inner thoughts.

Gao Hai was very emotional in his heart.

But before he could sigh for long, another approaching footstep interrupted his thoughts.

It was Hayasaka Ai.

Hayasaka, who looked a little nervous and had a little blush on her face, slowly stepped into the house where Gao Hai was.

{Ai, so, were you persuaded by Qianhua to come here? }

Gao Hai was not surprised by the girl's arrival. After all, she had flashed outside the door many times before.

{Did the young lady... succeed? There were some fluctuations in the temporary mental link just now. Did the young lady trigger some kind of blessing power? }

Hayasaka slowly walked in front of Gao Hai and asked calmly in the temporary mental link.

{Yes, that's right. I'm not sure whether the conditions for the spiritual connection are met, but I have a blessing related to feelings. That blessing just included Kaguya in the judgment range, so I think it should be successful.}

Takahashi didn't intend to hide anything and told Hayasaka everything directly.

{Is that so... That's great...}

Hayahashi breathed a long sigh of relief, revealing a tired and happy expression.

The young lady who always couldn't express her feelings frankly can finally be relieved now. She was so smart before, but now she is more and more like a fool. It's really not easy to get to this point now.

However, although the young lady has no problem, she has become the one who is dragging her feet.

Thinking of this, Hayasaka raised her head and looked at Takahashi who was looking at him seriously.

She knew very well that her own problem was not like Kaguya's. It couldn't be solved by mustering up the courage to say that she liked him. After all, her young lady just didn't know how to fall in love, and was just awkward in expressing her feelings. Therefore, as long as she could talk things out, there would be no problem. But she is different. Her knot is not in this aspect. After all, she has taken the initiative to serve Gao Hai since the end of the Hayate Elementary School dungeon. Hayasaka's actions in expressing her affection are quite radical. Among the many women Gao Hai knows, only Chika's action is closer to Hayasaka. But the problem is that Chika took the initiative because she had been thinking for a whole month, but Hayasaka took action immediately after the first dungeon. From this point of view, she is more powerful than Chika.

So, what is my problem?

Hayasaka couldn't help but ponder.

If I must say, the key problem of myself should be disguise, right?

The image of myself now, shown in front of others, is actually all the result of performance, and none of them can be called "true face".

The reliable maid in Kaguya's mansion is a disguise, the lively hot girl in school is a disguise, and the puppy maid who pleases Gao Hai is also the result of disguise. Like Kaguya, Hayasaka is actually a product of the distorted education of the Shinomiya family. However, unlike Kaguya who was treated as a commodity from the beginning and therefore lacked common sense and had distorted values, Hayasaka was destined to become a maid of a member of the Shinomiya family since birth. Therefore, the education and training she received were completely different from Kaguya's, but the degree of distortion was no less than Kaguya's.

At this point, Hayasaka herself is not quite sure what her true self is like. However, sometimes she feels that this kind of life of constantly playing a certain role is too tiring. It is like being dragged into an abyss that is bottomless, and there is no possibility of any change in the future.

So, are her feelings for her master real?

Although she is reluctant to think about this question, after knowing that Gao Hai is seeking to deepen the relationship between her and Kaguya, Hayasaka can't help but start thinking about it.

The relationship between her and her master is basically guided by her own initiative. She chose to devote herself, and the master cooperated and accepted her, and the two sides were together naturally.

Although there was a push from the dog curse of the copy at the beginning, she was indeed very irrational during that time, but even now that the influence of the curse has been basically eliminated, Hayasaka still has no regrets.

In other words, after the master stepped into Hayate Elementary School and saved her from that twisted hell, she had already given her true heart, and there was no possibility of choosing anyone other than the master.

But if that's the case, then why is there a flaw in the emotional relationship between me and the master?

Maybe it's because... even when facing the master, I can't show my true self, and I still face him with a disguised attitude? Even... I really like the master, but in fact I am still using disguised means, using means of flattery, guidance and control that I don't want to use to try to capture the master's heart?

If that's the case, what should I do to change it...

If that's the case, should I really... change? If the master sees my true appearance, sees my not-so-good, fragile and ugly side, can it really be considered a good thing? That kind of thing, I...

{As for me, I don't really know what I should do, what does the master want me to do?}

In the end, Hayasaka didn't take the initiative to reveal her inner thoughts, but just smiled as always, walked to Gao Hai's side and whispered.

Just like how she had always been when she was with Gao Hai, with a bit of girlish liveliness, a bit of deliberate astringency, and a bit of professional maid quality. This subtle combination of multiple impressions is what she can be sure Gao Hai likes the most after many judgments.

She will continue to maintain this state in front of Gao Hai.

If possible, she does not want to show a different posture in front of Gao Hai, which will cause Gao Hai to have a crack in his impression of her. If that kind of thing really happens, no, just imagine the possibility of that kind of thing happening, Hayasaka will be uncontrollably afraid and uneasy. She knows that she is far from being able to change now. From this point of view, maybe she is not as good as her own eldest daughter?

{Hmm? Should I tell you? I don’t know much, so stay with me for a while}

Gao Hai, who didn’t know what Hayasaka was thinking, scratched his head and finally said this.

So he and Hayasaka sat in the hut, chatting and joking from time to time, and spent this boring time with nothing to do temporarily.

In the end, it seemed that nothing worth mentioning happened. Gao Hai didn’t know if he had changed anything after chatting with Hayasaka. After all, the little maid next to him was no different from usual in his opinion, unlike Kaguya who had a bigger emotional ups and downs.

However, Andres' blessing did not include Hayasaka. The blessing power that responded immediately after Kaguya expressed her feelings did not change at all because of the communication between Gao Hai and Hayasaka. Therefore, Gao Hai guessed that he and Hayasaka might still lack something.

But he couldn't care about this kind of thing for the time being.

In the temporary mental link, Mao Ge, Xiao Guo and Taoist priests from the Moyu Gang have sent messages. The three of them have recovered and can act at any time. The same is true for the historians Cha Cai and Tang Yuan. Among them, Tang Yuan even roared in the temporary mental link, sounding very energetic.

The rest time is over, and it's time to work next. In this case, Gao Hai can't delay everyone's actions because of his personal emotional problems. After all, there has been a time anomaly in the copy now, and the action time cannot be delayed any further.

{Then, let's take [Water Ghost Lake] as the first action target}

In this way, Gao Hai, who spoke in the spiritual link, took the lead to step out of the village. This time, the team members who followed him were Zhenfei and Huiye, and the Taoist priest and Tangyuan followed the Moyu Gang.

After the five people stepped out of the village, they began to move along the dirt road beside the farmland, approaching the still lake in the valley. The rest of the players continued to stay, guarding against possible enemy attacks and infiltration.

Under the night, the dark red moonlight gradually turned into a deep red color. Time is still flowing, and no one can predict what will happen in the next second.

Chapter 91 The true appearance of the curse in the water and the speculation of the origin of the copy

{So, the first step is to go to the [Water Ghost Lake] area at the bottom of the valley under Xiaohei Mountain, right?}

{Yes, I saw something when I was caught by the fox lady. There should be something under the [Water Ghost Lake]. As long as we can find that thing, our next move will be smoother}

{It sounds incredible. A woman without clothes, three meters tall, with fox ears and tail, and a perfect figure and face... If she is not a weird creature and does not eat people, how great it would be. Just listening to it makes people feel incredible. To be honest, Mr. Gao, did you feel good when you were held? }

{Okay, this is a spiritual connection for discussing combat, not a spiritual connection for discussing personal hobbies. I don’t understand why you boys like that kind of thing, but let’s think about the next move first. I don’t think this move will go smoothly}

{Miss Tangyuan is right. When we start the move, both the villagers and the members of the [Treasure Diggers] will definitely notice our movements. Although they may not be able to think of the purpose of our action, it is certain that they will come to interfere with us, so it is best to be prepared for an ambush. Especially considering that [Water Ghost Lake] itself involves the unsolved mystery of "cursed water", we should be as careful as possible.

{Indeed, we should act according to the plan we made before. However, if something unexpected happens, we will have to rely on Mr. Gao. After all, your strength is undoubtedly the strongest among all of us.}

{Mr. Gao, the path from the village entrance to [Water Ghost Lake] has been scouted. No abnormalities have been found for the time being. We can act at any time.}

{Okay, we have discussed everything that needs to be discussed. Let's act! }

After the last conversation in the temporary mental link, the players officially took action.

Gao Hai walked at the front of the team, and Zhen Fei followed behind him. Then Li Nianyou, the "Taoist" of the Moyu Gang, walked in the middle of the team, and Tangyuan and Kaguya were at the end of the team. In this way, a temporary player team of five people was formed, leaving the village and heading towards [Water Ghost Lake].

Along the way down the mountain, several people passed through terraces.

From time to time, accompanied by gusts of cold wind, you can see the rags on the scarecrows in the fields dancing in the wind. It's like these scarecrows have become living people, tied up in the fields and struggling helplessly.

At this point, Gao Hai has a general understanding of the spatial structure of the [Infant Crying Village] dungeon, from the highest point [Ghost Crying Cave], to the river extending from above the snow line, and the [Water Ghost Lake] and [Bottomless Lake] where the rivers flow into, among which [Water Ghost Lake] eventually flows to the lowest valley area, passing through the [Lijia Village] area, terraced fields and farmland in the valley. In addition, there is an abandoned village on the other side of the [Water Ghost Lake] at the bottom of the valley. In general, this is the layout.

At this moment, the group passed through this terraced area. In general, they have walked back and forth several times, but no one has ever encountered anything problematic here. Gao Hai remembered that the Red Society seemed to have encountered something in the field area. He didn't know why they didn't encounter it when they came in. He didn't know if it was because the spatial structure here was layered.

{Safely passed the terraced area, it seems to be waiting for us behind}

After passing through this field area, Gao Hai muttered in a temporary mental link. Originally, when he saw that the Treasure Digger player dared to attack him in the field area, he thought whether the other party would come again in the same place, but it seemed that this group of people didn't have the courage.

Tap-tap-tap-

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps walking on the hard dirt road, the five people gradually approached the lake area at the bottom of the valley.

The real concubine who followed Gao Hai carefully turned on the blessing of auditory enhancement, and helped Gao Hai enhance his ability to distinguish between [real] and [false] through the resonance ability of her own blessing and Gao Hai's blessing. However, judging from the feedback from perception, they did not encounter any problems in this regard along the way. The surrounding space remained stable, and there was no confusion between reality and illusion. Everything was so peaceful.

{We are here}

Gao Hai stopped.

Beside him, the river was still flowing, but if he looked forward, he would see that the lake where the river flowed into remained completely still, like a mirror, reflecting light and shadow under the dark red moonlight.

No, that's not right...

This still lake did not really reflect the sky.

At this moment, Gao Hai suddenly realized a problem.

Although the players had discussed the problem of lake reflection on the way here, Cha Guai strengthened the cognitive shielding for everyone to ensure that even if everyone saw the sky through the reflection of the lake, it would not trigger anything. But at this moment, when Gao Hai was looking at this mirror-like lake, he found that he could still clearly identify the lake surface, and did not have the phenomenon of [not being able to understand what he saw] that should appear after the cognitive shielding was applied.

Gao Hai hadn't noticed this before. At that time, he just thought that the lake was just like a mirror, so calm that there was not even a ripple. But now that he realized that the lake did not reflect the surrounding scenery, he began to pay attention to what the lake reflected.

Only after realizing that this [Water Ghost Lake] would not have a "reflection" could he discover this? Is this a kind of cognitive effect that was deliberately designed? If so, what exactly is reflected on the lake?

Gao Hai looked at the lake in front of him.

It was as calm as a mirror, but at the same time it seemed blurry, and it was unknown what kind of picture was presented on the lake.

The dark red color was lingering and swirling, twisting like a stirred paint.

Does this distorted scene really have any meaning?

Then, Gao Hai realized that he saw an eye.

It is difficult to describe whether he really saw something or what he "thought" he saw. It was just that after staring at the lake and observing it carefully, Gao Hai had this idea and began to think that he saw an eye.

A turbid eye that has lost its self-consciousness and is already... dead...

That is not the eye of a strange creature.

That is not the eye of the mountain god of Xiaohei Mountain, nor the fox lady, nor the eyes of the local gods that he has already met.

But that...maybe it is the eye of some existence similar to them, which has not survived, and even its existence itself has disappeared, leaving only such a fragment, the eye of an existence unknown to Gao Hai.

The water in this copy is cursed.

The mountain god managed to eliminate the power of the curse on the flowing water. Although the consciousness of the mountain god has disappeared, this existence has achieved another kind of eternal life in another way before his death, so this power is still in effect.

The still water was eliminated by the fox lady, but the fox lady has obviously undergone an unusual change, and this change has caused the curse in the still water to reappear. Only by finding a way to contact the fox lady and obtain a certain mark from her can one gain the ability to travel back and forth in the still water.

This is what Gao Hai originally knew.

But now it seems that the truth may not be so?

The curse of water, in essence, is the fusion of a dead god and water. What is really cursed is the remains of this dead god, and the mountain god and the fox lady are just suppressing this curse? The villagers who believe in the mountain god or the fox lady have obtained corresponding permissions, so they can drink running water or still water respectively, and this is also reflected in the dungeon, so players have to drink different water when they are in the space belonging to different villagers' forces, is that right?

No, that's not right. The ancestral precepts left by Li Ziyong mentioned that "water has been cursed", so this curse should have happened in his generation, and the existence of the god must be traced back to a long time ago, and the time is completely wrong.

God... God's death... is it because of the bloody flower?

The bloody vine from the starry sky, this thing can even sense the existence of the black watch, and its level should be very terrifying. Maybe it is just a clone produced by a tiny bit of power of a certain existence, but it is already a crushing level for this planet. Whether it is the mountain god or the fox lady, they have obviously paid a heavy price to fight against him, but is this really enough to suppress him?

Gao Hai suddenly thought of the Red Nut Gray Cave.

He still remembered that what Forneng, the researcher of the Red Nut Gray Cave, was obsessed with was the traces left by a god in the cave.

That god left the cave ten thousand years ago and disappeared, leaving only traces of extraordinary power in the cave that had not dissipated for ten thousand years.

The time matches...

This time actually matches.

Then, the gods of the entire planet, whether they are gods representing the land, gods representing water flow, or something else... For example, gods related to the sky, all participated in the suppression and sealing of the blood flower, and finally won at the cost of most gods being killed and polluted. Is this the result?